In my view, it is important to constantly question oneself and not fall into fixed patterns.

You have to be able and willing to continuously adapt to new situations. This mental flexibility is key for me. Because if you only do what you already know and have always done, then being a pioneer is over.

(laughs) That there are influential people who don’t want that!

I started at KEA-BW about two years ago. Back then, I thought: All signs point to fast.

But then I had to realize that there are still enough actors who don’t want it to happen quickly, and that slowed me and my team down.

Of course, there are also people who don’t understand or don’t know what renewable energies bring them. For laypeople, it is difficult to keep track of the facts. What statements are scientifically proven? And what is unproven and therefore unreliable?

No — they may be able to tear things down, but not to put something better in their place.

By now, I have also come to believe that it won’t work in the USA. You can currently observe how the system protects itself.

I now believe: the systems are stronger, and I have to make the best of it personally.

No, simply realistic.

I also think it’s important that voters pay close attention to whom they entrust responsibility. Who, for example, do we send to the EU? The fact is: we have to implement what is decided there. But I do wonder: are we really sending the most capable people?

I wouldn’t say it’s something very special. There are always these extreme events happening somewhere. Now there are fears because of the USA, environmental protections being rolled back, etc. It could also be that a volcano erupts somewhere causing major damage to the climate, or there is a problem at a nuclear power plant.

That no longer affects me. The sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening. I don’t go against the course of things. If I worried about that all the time, I’d already be completely embittered.

I would wish that as a society we change our way of life, our culture: away from the «faster, higher, more» mindset towards living.

I believe that as a society, we have taken a wrong turn somewhere. I have been deeply engaged for a long time with health, nutrition, and how the body works.

We eat poorly and move too little, which makes us sick. This also makes our brain sluggish. You can observe this in some people in publicly exposed positions. Over time, these people look different— I assume they don’t take very good care of their bodies. That then leads to comprehensive changes, and at some point, they may have lost their visions.

I have gained experience and learned from it.

(laughs) It varies a lot for me. It depends entirely on what it’s about. There are things where I have incredible patience. No idea where that comes from. But with other things, I go crazy if it doesn’t happen quickly. I could bite the edge of the table. But I’m also working on my patience.

Other people simply have a different rhythm than I do or other possibilities. I have to accept that.

I am very fast, efficient, and goal-oriented. When I latch onto something, no one can get me off it until it’s done. I can’t expect that from everyone else.

I often observe how I come across to others in different situations. I reflect a lot. I want to know: «What am I actually doing here? Am I the bull in the China shop now, or am I doing something good?»

A healthy amount of self-doubt is allowed.